Publications
All refereed publications 2002-onwards
(Students, Post Docs, Research Associates, Assistants under direct supervision by Iain Suthers and funding are underlined)
Book Chapters
1. Suthers IM and AM Waite. 2007. Coastal Oceanography and Ecology. Chapter 9 in Marine Ecology [eds Connell & Gillanders] Oxford University Press.
2. Waite, AM and Suthers IM. 2007. Open water: Plankton Ecology. Chapter 12 in Marine Ecology [eds Connell & Gillanders] Oxford University Press.
Primary publications
1. * Heagney EC, TP Lynch, RC Babcock and IM Suthers. In press. Pelagic fish assemblages and habitat in Lord Howe Island Marine Park assessed using mid-water baited video and current speed. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Accepted 22 Oct. 2007.
2. Dela Cruz, J, JH Middleton and IM Suthers. 2007. The influence of upwelling, coastal currents and water temperature on the distribution of the red tide dinoflagellate, Noctiluca scintillans, along the east coast of Australia. Hydrobiologia in press, accepted 19 June 2007
3. Taylor MD, and IM Suthers. 2007. A predatory impact model and targeted stocking approach for optimal stocking of mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus). Reviews in Fisheries Science, accepted 20 April 2007.
4. Everett, JD, ME Baird and IM Suthers. 2007. Nutrient and plankton dynamics in an intermittently closed/open lagoon, Smiths Lake, south-eastern Australia: an ecological model. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science 72:690-702
5. Baird, ME and IM Suthers. 2007 A size-resolved pelagic ecosystem model. Ecological Modeling 203: 185-203
6. * Taylor MD, S Laffan, IM Suthers and DS Fielder. 2006. Key habitat and home range of mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) in a south-east Australian estuary: Finding the estuarine niche to optimise stocking. Marine Ecology Progress Series 328: 237-247.
7. Taylor MD, DS Fielder and IM Suthers 2006. Spatial and ontogenetic variation in the diet of wild and stocked mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus, Sciaenidae) in Australian estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts 29:785-793
8. Caldarone EM, CM Clemmesen, E Berdalet, TJ Miller, A Folkvord, GJ Holt, MP Olivar MP, I.M. Suthers. 2006 Intercalibratio
9. Suthers I.M., Taggart CT, Rissik D, Baird ME. 2006. Day and night ichthyoplankton assemblages and the zooplankton biomass size spectrum in a deep ocean island wake. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 322: 225-238.
10. Moore SK, ME Baird and I.M. Suthers. 2006 Relative impacts of physical and biological processes on nutrient and phytoplankton dynamics in a shallow estuary after a storm event. Estuaries and Coasts 29: 81-95
11. Moore, SK and I.M. Suthers. 2006. Evaluation and correction of subresolved particles by the optical plankton counter in three Australian estuaries with pristine to highly modified catchments. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, C05S04, doi:10.1029/200
12. *Baird, M. E., P. G. Timko, I. M. Suthers and J. H. Middleton 2006. Coupled physical-biolog
13. *Baird, M. E., P. G. Timko, I. M. Suthers and J. H. Middleton 2006. Coupled physical-biolog
14. Uehara, S., CT Taggart, T. Mitani and I.M. Suthers. 2005 The abundance of juvenile yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) near the Kuroshio Current: the roles of drifting sargassum and regional hydrography. Fisheries Oceanography, 15: 351-362.
15. Piola, R, SK Moore and I.M. Suthers. 2005 Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of three types of oyster tissue in an impacted estuary. Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, 66: 255-266.
16. Moore, SK and I.M. Suthers. 2005. Can the nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes of the pygmy mussel, Xenostrobus securis, indicate catchment disturbance for estuaries in northern New South Wales, Australia? Estuaries, 28:714-725
17. Taylor MD, PJ Palmer, DS Fielder, I.M. Suthers. 2005 Responsible estuarine finfish stock enhancement: an Australian perspective. Journal of Fish Biology, 67: 299-331
18. Begg, GA, SE Campana, AJ Fowler and I.M. Suthers. 2005. Otolith research and application: current directions in innovation and implementation. Marine & Freshwater Research, 56: 477-483
19. Uehara, S, A Syahailatua and I.M. Suthers. 2005 The δ15N and δ13C signatures of faster growing larval pilchards, Sardinops sagax: contrasting effects of upwelling by the East Australian Current. Marine & Freshwater Research, 56: 549-560
20. Taylor, M.D., S Fielder and I.M. Suthers. 2005 Batch marking of otoliths and fin spines to assess the stock enhancement of mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus. Journal of Fish Biology, 66: 1149-1162
21. Gaston, TF, A Kostoglidos and I.M. Suthers. 2004. The 13C, 15N and 34S signature of a rocky reef planktivorous fish does indicate different coastal discharges of sewage. Marine & Freshwater Research, 55: 689-699
22. Baird, M. E., P. R. Oke, I.M. Suthers and J. H. Middleton. 2004. A plankton population model with bio-mechanical descriptions of biological processes in an idealized 2-D ocean basin. Journal of Marine Systems, 50: 199-222.
23. * Lowry, M. and I.M Suthers. 2004. Population structure of aggregations and response to spear fishing of a large temperate reef fish, Cheilodactylus fuscus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 273: 199-210
24. Gaston, TF and I.M. Suthers. 2004. Spatial variation in δ13C and δ15N of liver, muscle and bone in a rocky reef planktivorous fish: the relative contribution of sewage. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 3: 17-33.
25. Suthers, I.M., D. Kelley, C.T. Taggart, J.H. Middleton and D. Rissik. 2004. Entrainment and advection in an island's tidal wake, as revealed by light attenuance, zooplankton, and ichthyoplankton
26. Dela-Cruz, J., J. H. Middleton, and I.M. Suthers. 2003. Population growth and transport of the red tide dinoflagellate, Noctiluca scintillans, in the coastal waters off Sydney Australia, using cell diameter as a tracer. Limnology and Oceanography, 48: 656-674.
27. Dela-Cruz J, P. Ajani, R. Lee, T. Pritchard and I.M. Suthers. 2002. Temporal abundance patterns of the red tide dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans along the southeast coast of Australia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 236: 75-88
Ten career-best publications
1) Suthers, I.M., K.T. Frank and S.E. Campana. 1989. Spatial comparison of recent growth in post-larval cod (Gadus morhua) off southwestern Nova Scotia: inferior growth in a presumed nursery area. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 46(Suppl. 1): 113-124. (41 citations).
This study was the first to test the growth (survival) consequences for dispersal of fish larvae away from their spawning grounds versus "larval retention" over the natal, spawning bank offshore. We expected to find an advantage of larval drift into inshore nursery areas, and in fact found quite the opposite. We also demonstrated differential survival of the faster growing members of the cohort.
2) Suthers, I.M. and K.T. Frank. 1989. Inter-annual distributions of larval and pelagic juvenile cod (Gadus morhua) in southwestern Nova Scotia determined with two different gear types. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 46:591-602.
By simultaneously using large and small plankton nets, we demonstrated that different interpretations of larval drift versus larval retention could result.
3) Suthers, I.M. and K.T. Frank. 1991. Comparative persistence of marine fish larvae from demersal and pelagic eggs off southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Biology 108: 175-184.
The abundance of demersally spawning larvae is negatively correlated with depth, while larvae of pelagic spawned eggs are independent of depth as the latter are less developed and poor swimmers. There are strong parallels with tropical reef fish larvae, with implications for stock formation and mechanisms.
4) Suthers, I.M., A.J. Fraser and K.T. Frank. 1992. A lipid condition index of post-larval cod (Gadus morhua) off southwestern Nova Scotia; comparison with otolith and morphometric indices. Marine Ecology Progress Series 84: 31-40.
Surprisingly, growth and lipid condition indices of pelagic juvenile cod were not correlated, despite them being used as equivalent proxies of survival probability. Instead this paper seeded the concept that condition indices must be ecologically relevant, and probably stage dependent.
5) Dela-Cruz, J., J. H. Middleton, and IM. Suthers. 2003. Population growth and transport of the red tide dinoflagellate, Noctiluca scintillans, in the coastal waters off Sydney Australia, using cell diameter as a tracer. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 656-674.
This paper revealed that red tides off Sydney were not as a result of the newly commissioned sewage outfalls, but nearly all were generated by upwelling 300 km north of Sydney, and were transported south in the EAC and by favourable winds to off Sydney.
6) *Kingsford, M.J. and I.M. Suthers. 1996. The influence of the tide on patterns of ichthyoplankton abundance in the vicinity of an estuarine front, Botany Bay, Australia. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 43: 33-54.
The paper still remains one of the few papers with quantitative, replicated samples of estuarine plume fronts, partitioning the effects of ebb tides, flood tides and day to day variation.
7) Suthers, I.M. and S. Sundby. 1996. Role of the midnight sun: comparative growth of pelagic juvenile cod (Gadus morhua) from the Arcto-Norwegian and south west Nova stocks. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53: 827-836.
Here we make the controversial claim that larval growth rates of cod between 30 degrees of latitude are stimulated by photoperiod rather than water temperature or prey abundance. While others have refuted our findings, recent and extensive surveys from the US Globec tend to support photoperiod as well.
8) Suthers IM, Taggart CT, Rissik D, Baird ME. 2006. Day and night ichthyoplankton assemblages and the zooplankton biomass size spectrum in a deep ocean island wake. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 322: 225-238
For the first time we link the zooplankton biomass size frequency distribution ("spectrum
9) Suthers, I.M. 1998. Bigger or fatter - or is faster growth better? Considerations on condition in larval and pelagic juvenile coral reef fish. Australian Journal of Ecology 23: 265-273 (26 citations).
This review resulted from an invitation to Reefish '95 conference in Cairns, summarizing the effects on otolith growth, and classifying the condition indices ecologically, and not by technique.
10) Suthers, I.M., D. Kelley, C.T. Taggart, J.H. Middleton and D. Rissik. 2004. Entrainment and advection in an island's tidal wake, as revealed by light attenuance, zooplankton, and ichthyoplankton
The engineering phenomenon of horseshoe vortices and entrainment around the sides of an obstacle are documented for a shallow island wake, together with sediment plumes, zooplankton sizes and ichthyoplankton